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    What Defenders of Trump's Right to Fire Comey Are Missing

    The question isn’t whether a president <em>can</em> directly control the bureau—it’s whether other institutions, and the public, are going to let him get away with it.
    by David Frum May 22, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Gary Cameron / Reuters

    Donald Trump is leading this country into new and dark places. At each new reveal, administration critics ask their version of the question satirically posed by Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che playing NBC’s Lester Holt: “Did I get him? It’s all over?” But no, as the punchline confirms, it’s not over—and a fascinating Friday Twitter exchange shows why not.

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